Azharuddin - The first to 9000 runs (29 May 1999)

29 May 1999

Azharuddin - The first to 9000 runs

Atul Kahate

The Indian skipper and the most experienced player in Limited Overs International cricket has become the first batsman ever to score 9000 runs at this level. He achieved this milestone against England on Saturday. This was the 294th innings of his 320th match in the 15-year-old career of this 37-years-old man.

The following tables show Azhar's complete record.

Vs Mts Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 0 S/R

SL 52 47 12 1831 111* 52.31 3 15 2 78.53 Pak 60 55 7 1523 101 31.73 2 7 3 68.08 NZ 39 38 8 1088 108* 36.27 1 7 0 75.40 WI 43 42 4 998 81 26.26 0 2 0 73.12 Aus 42 40 6 988 94 29.06 0 6 2 70.98 SA 27 27 2 954 90 38.16 0 7 0 70.46 Eng 24 23 9 911 95* 65.07 0 8 1 81.20 Zim 22 17 4 498 153* 38.31 1 2 1 75.34 Ban 6 3 1 138 84 69.00 0 1 0 76.67 UAE 1 1 0 81 81 81.00 0 1 0 81.82 Ken 4 1 0 9 9 9.00 0 0 0 128.57

Home 110 99 20 3054 153* 38.66 3 16 3 81.05 Away 210 195 33 5965 111* 36.82 4 40 6 70.80

TOTAL 320 294 53 9019 153* 37.42 7 56 9 73.87

(English seasons merged into previous season)

Season Mts Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 0 S/R

1984-85 10 10 2 360 93* 45.00 0 1 1 62.85 1985-86 22 20 4 398 83* 24.88 0 2 0 53.71 1986-87 22 19 4 539 108* 35.93 1 2 1 59.04 1987-88 16 14 2 364 64 30.33 0 2 0 80.71 1988-89 16 15 3 421 108* 35.08 1 0 1 84.73 1989-90 20 18 4 579 108 41.36 1 3 0 80.19 1990-91 6 5 2 168 54* 56.00 0 2 0 84.00 1991-92 25 24 3 566 93 26.95 0 4 3 74.38 1992-93 17 16 3 519 95* 39.92 0 3 0 73.93 1993-94 20 20 4 747 90 46.69 0 7 0 78.96 1994-95 21 18 4 627 90* 44.79 0 3 0 89.06 1995-96 22 21 4 528 73* 31.06 0 3 1 72.83 1996-97 28 27 3 885 94 36.88 0 7 0 70.46 1997-98 46 41 9 1584 153* 49.50 3 12 1 76.60 1998-99 29 26 2 734 101 30.58 1 5 1 73.90

Place Mts Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 0 S/R

Ind 110 99 20 3054 153* 38.66 3 16 3 81.05 UAE 57 53 9 1507 108 34.25 1 8 2 67.52 SL 26 23 6 965 111* 56.76 1 9 0 81.64 Aus 33 31 7 751 93* 31.29 0 4 2 68.15 Can 16 15 2 566 101 43.54 1 4 0 70.84 NZ 19 19 1 517 63 28.72 0 4 0 68.66 SA 14 14 1 509 86* 39.15 0 4 0 67.51 Eng 12 11 6 405 83* 81.00 0 4 0 77.98 Ban 11 10 1 334 100 37.11 1 2 2 75.40 WI 9 8 0 178 40 22.25 0 0 0 68.95 Zim 5 4 0 127 72 31.75 0 1 0 63.18 Pak 6 5 0 68 31 13.60 0 0 0 58.12 Sin 2 2 0 38 29 19.00 0 0 0 61.29

Bat Pos Mts Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 0 S/R

3 66 63 9 1996 108* 36.96 2 13 5 66.77 4 138 133 22 4479 153* 40.35 3 32 3 77.72 5 83 74 12 1889 111* 30.47 1 10 1 69.17 6 22 16 5 514 108* 46.72 1 1 0 91.73 7 7 5 5 109 47* 0.00 0 0 0 88.57 8 3 3 0 32 15 10.67 0 0 0 72.73 9 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00

Milestone Mts Ins Age Period Milestone reached

1000 45 41 23/343 1/363 SL Bombay (1) 17 Jan 1987 2000 83 75 26/ 27 4/ 47 WI Bridgetown 07 Mar 1989 3000 124 113 28/310 6/330 Aus Adelaide 15 Dec 1991 4000 156 143 30/184 8/204 SL Colombo (3) 11 Aug 1993 5000 184 170 31/268 9/288 NZ Delhi (1) 03 Nov 1994 6000 222 205 33/221 11/241 Pak Toronto 17 Sep 1996 7000 252 233 34/196 12/216 SL Colombo (1) 23 Aug 1997 8000 278 257 35/ 65 13/ 85 Aus Delhi (1) 14 Apr 1998 9000 320 294 36/ 80 14/100 Eng Birmingham 29 May 1999

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (akahate@yahoo.com)

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